The Crescent's Shadow Traditional Geocache
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== Warning: This is a haunted geocache. Pursue at your own risk! ==
Some light bushwhacking may be involved, depending on the time of year. If you find a sign that says White Squirrel Valley, there should be a trail that will lead you to the cache beside it. Please use discretion as you may be visible from both the parking lot above and the staff area of the hotel approaching the GZ. Make sure to rehide the cache in such a way that it can't be seen from the parking lot above.
"America’s Most Haunted Hotel is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Officially known as the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa, its legend has been formed from the many guests who checked out but have never left. These famous spirits include Michael, the Irish stonemason who fell to his death while building the hotel in 1885, Theodora, the cancer patient of the Dr. Baker hospital days who seems to need help finding her room key, Norman Baker in his white suit and lavender shirt, Morris the cat, a mystery patient in a white nightgown who appears in the luxury suites at the foot of your bed or any of the innumerable…" - Quote from America's Most Haunted Hotel
The Crescent Hotel, found in Eureka Springs, was founded in 1886 as a year round resort hotel. The hotel quickly became know for its poise and high fashion; the hotel often hosted tea parties, dances, and even had stables for carriages of the wealthy. In the 1900s, the hotel saw less high class guests and more intelligent young ladies. The Crescent Hotel was reborn as the Crescent College & Conservatory for Young Women. Rich young women flocked to the new school for high class, high intellect, high sports, and of course, high tea...that is until the college felt the push of the Great Depression and closed it's doors in 1934. The hotel met it's next life as Bakers Cancer Curing Hospital, an unfortunate hospital run by a rich madman, Norman Baker. Many lives were lost during the reign of this "hospital" and it too found its doors barred away in 1940. The hotel was again picked up by a group of gentlemen in 1946 who did nothing with it for many years. The hotel burned to not much more than rubble in 1967, to which it remained a shell until 1997 by a couple who lovingly reopened it's doors as the hotel we all love. Unfortunately, the hotel has continued to see tragedy as one of the owners passed in 2009 in a tragic car accident, leaving Elise Roengik as the current and final owner. It is now running as a beautiful hotel and wedding venue where at night it can be found hosting comedic horror themed dinners and ghost tales around the fire. Be careful that you do not add to the tragic history and tales around the fire as you hunt for this haunted cache...
Resources:
Crescent Hotel History
Wikipedia: Crescent Hotel
America's Most Haunted Hotel
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